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Using Webnet Frames for Interior Applications

You may or may not have heard of the highly innovative Webnet frames, created by Jacob AG in Switzerland. The Webnet product is a stainless steel flexible net structure
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Stainless Steel Cables Architectural Artistic Applications

Long Lived Beauty Envisioned In Stainless Steel  Looking back through the chronicles of history nothing demonstrates the beauty of using stainless steel in architectural artistic application better than the
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Plant selection for Green Facades – the types of plants that can be used

Adding greenery to the side of a building or even to the interior through a cable system comes with several benefits. Beyond the beautification of the facility, the plant
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Weight Loading: What to consider before you start building

When you’re planning the construction of a green facade or living wall of any kind, it’s important to know what the weight loading capacity of your building is. Architects
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Amazing Playgrounds That Use Wire Mesh

When Tensile was asked to be involved in the construction of the Wulaba Park Playground, we were excited about the design possibilities that could be had with the project.
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Green Facade or Living Wall: What’s The Difference?

Whether you call them Green Walls, Green Facades, Living Walls, Vertical Gardens or something else again, they are all essentially a means for growing plants in a vertical arrangement
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The Incredible Wellness Benefits of Green Space

When you find yourself walking through a typical city environment, there is usually an abundance of concrete, bricks and mortar. The colours and materials are grey, dull, cold and
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That Vision Thing – Working With A Tensile Structure

Executing large scale, innovative, wire mesh projects within budget and on time isn’t for amateurs. Many people ask us how we do it, and we’re proud to say that
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Using Metal For Aesthetics In Contemporary Garden Structures

Contemporary garden design can add so many beneficial elements to a public park, corporate building and even your own home. Adding a structural feature to a garden can make
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Vertical Parks: The Parks Of The Future

Urban park design has provided some incredible green transformations in the last few years. As landscape design merges more closely with building architecture, we’re seeing parks that push the
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